Group Leader All-Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA), Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha, in a statement issued on Friday, said that few departments are ruining the economy in a bid to continue their monopoly over the troubled gas sector.The desire of these departm…
Delegation of Ericsson Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. called on Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Syed Amin Ul Haque, on Wednesday.Matters related to digitalization and mobile phone manufacturing were discussed during the meeting.Talking to the delega…
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has taken a strong exception to a news story captioned “Tax Collection on Demand falls 41%” published in Express Tribune on December 19, 2021.In a media release, the FBR called the story “malicious in intent and suspi…
The government is considering raising the withholding tax (WHT) on cellular services from 10 percent to 15 percent in the forthcoming mini-budget.The advance tax on telecom services was originally cut from 12.5 percent to 10 percent in the state budget…
The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has sought an increase of Rs. 4.33 per unit in power tariff on account of monthly fuel charges adjustment (FCA) for November 2021.Following a massive increase of Rs. 4.75 per unit from NEPRA, on account of mon…
The federal government has decided to increase the electricity tariffs under the new plan of subsidy reform.Sources told ProPakistani that the Ministry of Energy (MoE) has proposed two new categories (protected or unprotected) in the reform plan for th…
The Afghan administration has revised the tariff on Pakistani citrus, giving relief to the fruits traders from the two countries.The tariff has declined from Rs. 33 per kilogram (kg) to Rs. 10 per kg.The development has taken place as a result of relen…
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has deputed a senior official to coordinate with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the matters linked to it.In this connection, FBR issued on Wednesday an order that reads: “In supersession of FBR’s earlier …
